Senior Vice President, Counsel

Senior Vice President, Counsel - Treasury Services/Trade Finance, Corporate Trust and Depositary Receipts

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About BNY

At BNY, our culture empowers you to grow and succeed. As a leading global financial services company at the center of the world's financial system, we touch nearly 20% of the world's investible assets. Every day around the globe, our 50,000+ employees bring the power of their perspective to the table to create solutions with our clients that benefit businesses, communities, and people everywhere.

Job Description

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Counsel to join our Investment Services Legal team supporting the Treasury Services/Trade Finance, Corporate Trust, and Depositary Receipts lines of business. This role is based in Singapore reporting to the Associate General Counsel, Managing Director leading the team and will have a hybrid schedule.

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:

• Advise on all aspects of treasury services, trade finance, corporate trust, and depositary receipts transactions, products, programs, platforms, processes, and related matters.
• Negotiate and draft transactional agreements for BNY's Treasury Services business – including those related to global banking terms for payments and liquidity services, and a broad range of traditional trade finance products such as letters of credit, trade loans, and the discounting of instruments and documents.
• Negotiate and draft transactional agreements for BNY's APAC Corporate Trust business – this includes a broad range of debt capital markets structures, structured finance, securitizations, loan, and bond structures.
• Manage escalations from various business stakeholders internally and outside counsel on transactional and documentation issues.
• Assist on special, regional, and global projects as required for the Treasury Services/Trade Finance, Corporate Trust, and Depositary Receipts businesses.
• At times interact with senior management and relevant business stakeholders.
• Partner with control functions serving in an advisory or oversight capacity, such as Risk, Audit, and Compliance.
• Manage outside counsel and advise on business, regulatory, and legal developments.
• Collaborate with other Treasury Services, Corporate Trust, and Depositary Receipts Legal Team members, as needed.
• Negotiate servicing outsourcing contracts.

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:

• 7-8+ years of work experience across a broad range of transactions in debt capital markets, banking, and finance (with a preference for corporate trust and/or trade finance transactions).
• Experience in structured finance (securitizations and repacks) and supply chain finance, letters of credit, trade advances/loans, and risk participations would be helpful.
• Qualified to practice in Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, UK, or US (additional bar admissions/qualifications a plus).
• Cross-border transactional experience a plus.
• Functional spoken Mandarin or other language skills a plus.
• Ability to handle a diverse and demanding workload.
• Excellent negotiation, analytical, problem-solving, drafting, and communications skills.
• Ability to function independently, but also to function as part of effective teams.

Our Benefits And Rewards

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life's journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Finance and Sales

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